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What’s Up with the ABA?

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Moreover, the most recent tax form I have been able to locate, from 2019 , seems indicate that the net assets deficit has actually increased , not decreased. Even with the auditor’s warning, it appears the ABA ran annual operating deficits in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The recent key financial metrics are below ( source ).

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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience.

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Photograph Wildlife Worldwide with Wildlife Explorers!

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Wildlife Explorers is a newly established travel company, founded in September 2019, which deals exclusively with the service of wildlife photographers. Its founder, Chris Vlachos, has extensive experience and background in wildlife photography, starting his career more than 20 years ago.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career. by Daniel Klem, Jr.,

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The top-5 birds of 2018

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I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. Back to 2019, January is the height of wildfowling and gulling season and I cannot wait to start searching… As Arthur Conan Doyle wrote in 1912, “I’m like an old golf-ball–I’ve had all the white paint knocked off me long ago.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!”

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

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